#5098· Class 332
British Rail Class 332
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles· from 1998· British Electric passenger trains
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8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 332005 A London Paddington: Peter Skuce· Public domain
- 2. Class 332 EMU: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Paddington station MMB 85 332001: mattbuck ( category )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Paddington station MMB 26 332XXX 332013: mattbuck ( category )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Paddington station MMB 50 332013: mattbuck ( category )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Paddington station MMB B2 332013: mattbuck ( category )· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Heathrow Express: 3mgrant· Public domain
- 8. London Barking (4896261212): cogdogblog· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 332 electric multiple unit passenger trains were built between 1997 and 1998 by CAF, with traction equipment supplied by Siemens Transportation Systems. Fourteen units were built for dedicated use on Heathrow Express services between London Paddington and Heathrow Airport. The last unit was withdrawn from service in 2020 and all 14 units were scrapped by the following year.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 28 years ago, in 1998.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- Weighs about as much as 29 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 23 years (1998–2021).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1998
- in service from
- 1998
- retired
- 2021
- status
- retired
- number built
- 14
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles
- operators
- Heathrow Express
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- —
- formation
- 9 × 4-car units, (DMSO, Driver's cab, Motor car, Standard class, Open saloon-PTSO, Pantograph, Trailer car, Standard cl…
- weight
- 173 t
- Dutch name
- Class 332
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q849821, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 332 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.